His voice, even now, follows me everywhere on this longest of rides, this thing called life.

I hope to be remembered as an author who defined and exemplified excellence in crafting the modern love story.

I been watchin' you, workin day and night, slavin so hard you barely have time to catch your breath. People do that for three reasons. Either they crazy, or stupid, or tryin' to forget.

If you come back; I'll marry you. If you break your promise, you'll break my heart

It's okay to be sad. Everyone gets sad now and then. Even me.

There's always pressure, a great deal of pressure, when writing, since my first books were so successful.

Jamie was more than just the woman I loved. In the year Jamie helped me become the man I am today. With her steady hand she showed how important it was to help others; with her patience and kindness she showed me what life really is all about. Her cheerfulness and optimism, even in times of sickness, was the most amazing thing I have ever witnessed . . . Jamie also thought me the value of forgiveness and the transforming power it offers . . . Jamie was not only the angel who saved Tom Thornton, she was the angel who saved us all.